Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles has clarified that outgoing Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair Liza Diño was replaced by veteran actor Tirso Cruz III not because of the memorandum circular 1 (MC 1) of the Marcos Administration. Communications Secretary Trixie...
The Department of Finance (DOF) would support the imposition of a tax on single-use plastic packaging to combat pollution. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said that a single-use plastic packaging tax is “worth considering” by the Marcos administration to help address the challenges of the...
Senators welcomed on Thursday, July 7, the decision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. abolishing the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of the Cabinet secretary. Senator Aquilino Pimentel III said ‘’streamlining is a good development for me as I am for eliminating...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has issued a memorandum reorganizing and renaming the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and its attached agencies to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MARK BALMORES) Executive Secretary...
In an attempt to simplify the internal management of offices under the Office of the President (OP), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the abolition of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Malacañang revealed. Executive...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo visits the National Resource Operations (NROC) in Pasay City on July 6, 2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin T. Tulfo visited on Wednesday, July 6, the...
Budget reform will remain the top priority of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), newly designated Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said. During the turn-over ceremony of the DBM baton of leadership from Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Tina Rose Marie Canda at the department headquarters in...
President Marcos’ chief economic manager expects the country’s economy would grow this year at a much slower pace than the inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee’s (DBCC) target. In a briefing on Wednesday, July 6, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the economy, as...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport had carried substantial fiscal risks to the government. In an interview with ANC on Wednesday, July 6, Diokno affirmed former Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III’s call to the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said on Wednesday, July 6, that the government wants to accelerate the revival of the local mining industry to support the country’s economic recovery. After the industry was sidelined in the past couple years due to environmental concerns, Finance Secretary...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno clarified that President Marcos is not disputing the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) June inflation report, saying the chief executive only misinterpreted the data given to him. In a televised interview over ANC on Wednesday, July 6, Diokno explained...
Vice President Sara Duterte, who concurrently sits as Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary, met with the officials of the agency on Wednesday, July 6, for a budget review. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The meeting, held at the Office of the Secretary (OSec) Conference Room in DepEd Central Office...
